Alder Ground Wilderness Area
45.1383° N, 62.292° W
Alder Ground Wilderness Area, Nova Scotia. 45.1383° N, 62.292° W
Wilderness area, 12.4 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/ns/alder-ground-wilderness-area/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
Alder Ground Wilderness Area is a 12.4 km² wilderness area 11 km northwest of New Chester, in Nova Scotia. It was established in 1998.
4 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Island Lake (1.43 km²).
- Area
- 12.4 km²
- Established
- 1998
- Named lakes
- 4
Sun and moon today
- Civil dawn
- 6:47 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:17 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:34 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 7:04 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:06 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:52 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Island Lake | 1.43 km² |
| 2 | Hunting Lake | 1.28 km² |
| 3 | Melopseketch Lake | 1.11 km² |
| 4 | Middle Lake | 0.29 km² |
Official record
- Designation
- Wilderness area
- IUCN category
- IV, Habitat/species management areaInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change
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